Executive Director & Co-Founder

Shannon Decker holds a master’s degree in educational leadership from the University of Idaho and has nearly twenty years of private and public teaching and administrative experience in Idaho, Nevada, and California. She is a mental health educator who facilitates various training opportunities to further the foundation’s mission of promoting mental health education and advocating for suicide prevention. Shannon contracts with The Speedy Foundation in a part-time capacity.

I have had personal experience with mental health issues both with myself and my children. My expertise is in sharing my lived experience with individuals who need or want a positive view on the possibility of recovery with mental health and substance abuse. I too have a passion for working on my mental health issues and learning everyday from set backs I have had. It makes my recovery a priceless endeavor.

I am Miss Capital City! As part of my year of service, I am promoting my platform: Saving Lives: Preventing Suicide in our Youth and Young Adults. I have always been interested in suicide and mental health, but wanted to learn more about how to help so I dug right in.

Jennifer McGregor is a pre-med student who knows how difficult it can be to sift through the mountains of health-related information on the web. She created Public Health Library to help people find reputable information on health topics. 

www.publichealthlibrary.org